Singleton pattern

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• The updated sections introduce new framing about how singletons are designed (final vs non-final) and add details on the Meyers singleton's lazy instantiation and thread-safety via C11; these address design choices and behavior not fully covered before.

Add: Singletons are typically final to enforce that only one instance exists by blocking inheritance however it may be intentionally not in cases such as the multiton pattern.

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